Laboratory tests on heat treatment of ballast water using engine waste heat

Waste heat recovery from shipboard machineries could be a potential source for heat treatment of ballast water. Similar to a shipboard schematic arrangement, a laboratory-scale engine-heat exchanger set-up harvesting waste heat from jacket water and exhaust gases was erected to test the level of spe...

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Main Authors: Balaji, R., Lee Siang, H., Yaakob, O., Koh, K., Adnan, F., Ismail, N., Ahmad, B., Ismail, Mohamed, Wan Nik, W.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd. 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/70038
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author Balaji, R.
Lee Siang, H.
Yaakob, O.
Koh, K.
Adnan, F.
Ismail, N.
Ahmad, B.
Ismail, Mohamed
Wan Nik, W.
author_facet Balaji, R.
Lee Siang, H.
Yaakob, O.
Koh, K.
Adnan, F.
Ismail, N.
Ahmad, B.
Ismail, Mohamed
Wan Nik, W.
author_sort Balaji, R.
building Curtin Institutional Repository
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description Waste heat recovery from shipboard machineries could be a potential source for heat treatment of ballast water. Similar to a shipboard schematic arrangement, a laboratory-scale engine-heat exchanger set-up harvesting waste heat from jacket water and exhaust gases was erected to test the level of species’ mortalities. Mortalities were also assessed under experimental conditions for cultured and natural plankton communities at laboratory level. Effect of pump impellers on species’ mortalities were also tested. Exposures between 60°C and 70°C for 60 sec resulted in 80–100% mortalities. Mortalities due to pump impeller effects were observed in the range of 70–100% for zooplankton. On the laboratory-scale arrangement, >95% mortalities of phytoplankton, zooplankton and bacteria were recorded. It was demonstrated that the temperature of tropical sea waters used as secondary coolant can be raised to cause species’ mortalities, employing engine exhaust gases. The results also indicated that pump impeller effects will enhance species’ mortalities. The limitations of the shipboard application of this method would be the large ballast volumes, flow rates and time for treatment.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-700382019-01-21T03:30:17Z Laboratory tests on heat treatment of ballast water using engine waste heat Balaji, R. Lee Siang, H. Yaakob, O. Koh, K. Adnan, F. Ismail, N. Ahmad, B. Ismail, Mohamed Wan Nik, W. Waste heat recovery from shipboard machineries could be a potential source for heat treatment of ballast water. Similar to a shipboard schematic arrangement, a laboratory-scale engine-heat exchanger set-up harvesting waste heat from jacket water and exhaust gases was erected to test the level of species’ mortalities. Mortalities were also assessed under experimental conditions for cultured and natural plankton communities at laboratory level. Effect of pump impellers on species’ mortalities were also tested. Exposures between 60°C and 70°C for 60 sec resulted in 80–100% mortalities. Mortalities due to pump impeller effects were observed in the range of 70–100% for zooplankton. On the laboratory-scale arrangement, >95% mortalities of phytoplankton, zooplankton and bacteria were recorded. It was demonstrated that the temperature of tropical sea waters used as secondary coolant can be raised to cause species’ mortalities, employing engine exhaust gases. The results also indicated that pump impeller effects will enhance species’ mortalities. The limitations of the shipboard application of this method would be the large ballast volumes, flow rates and time for treatment. 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/70038 10.1080/09593330.2017.1321691 Taylor & Francis Ltd. restricted
spellingShingle Balaji, R.
Lee Siang, H.
Yaakob, O.
Koh, K.
Adnan, F.
Ismail, N.
Ahmad, B.
Ismail, Mohamed
Wan Nik, W.
Laboratory tests on heat treatment of ballast water using engine waste heat
title Laboratory tests on heat treatment of ballast water using engine waste heat
title_full Laboratory tests on heat treatment of ballast water using engine waste heat
title_fullStr Laboratory tests on heat treatment of ballast water using engine waste heat
title_full_unstemmed Laboratory tests on heat treatment of ballast water using engine waste heat
title_short Laboratory tests on heat treatment of ballast water using engine waste heat
title_sort laboratory tests on heat treatment of ballast water using engine waste heat
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/70038